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Feb 16, 2018 | Blogs, Software, Technology | 0 comments
In the old days, if you wanted to monitor your lab’s data, you would either remain by your instrument as long as it took to complete the sample run or dial-in via a telephone modem. Neither option, however, offered much in the way of enhancing productivity.
Today’s lab, however, has more choices when it comes to ensuring smooth operations and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) using remote monitoring services, a topic that we have touched upon a few times recently.
“An increase in machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity is a key enabler in cost savings, efficiency gains, revenue opportunities, and competitive advantage,” said Andy Wight, Director, SCIEX Service Product Portfolio, in a 2014 R&D Magazine article1.
Three years later, the same holds true as remote monitoring offers a low-risk solution in a situation where time is most certainly money.
Consider this statement from Lab Manager Magazine2, which offers an in-depth, third-party perspective on criteria for selecting service options. “A critical factor in selecting the service option for a particular instrument is the longest acceptable time that it can be out of service without seriously impacting customers. When these costs are very high, options offering short times to repair are often the most advantageous choices in spite of higher prices if the lab has no immediate reserve measurement capability2.”
Which brings us to remote monitoring which, “Is no longer a component of a break-fix repair business, but is enabling a service option in its own right,” said Wight in 2014. It can also help you:
By now, you understand that remote monitoring services play a critical role in lowering your OEE, as it helps you find the root cause of your errors faster and avoid them when possible. Simply put, reducing downtime means your instruments can be running samples that would otherwise be waiting, costing you throughput, time and expense.
What’s more, is that critical instrument data such as voltages, pressures, temperatures, and system/component states and errors (but never your proprietary sample data), are recorded and can be used to speed up the troubleshooting process, and reduce time to fix.
As instruments become “smarter,” and scientists have access to larger amounts of real-time data, analysis and interpretation becomes more important and more complex. When implemented as an integrated service solution, remote monitoring and data analytics provide innovative capabilities to:
In summary, using remote monitoring software enables your lab to save time and costs, without sacrificing on the quality of your analyses.
Want to increase your lab’s productivity with remote monitoring from SCIEX?
It is no secret that (bio)pharmaceutical research and development is complex, both scientific and regulatory processes. Here is an overview of just some of the ways SCIEX is working to support these challenges.
In a recent webinar, available on demand, scientists Luiza Chrojan and Ryan Hylands from Pharmaron, provided insights into the deployment of capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) within cell and gene therapy. Luiza and Ryan shared purity data on plasmids used for adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing and data on AAV genome integrity, viral protein (VP) purity and VP ratios using the BioPhase 8800 system.
Last year, Technology Networks hosted two webinars that featured groundbreaking research utilizing SWATH DIA (data-independent acquisition) for exposomics and metabolomics. Researchers Dr. Vinicius Verri Hernandes from the University of Vienna and Dr. Cristina Balcells from Imperial College London (ICL) demonstrated how a DIA approach can be successfully implemented in small molecule analysis using the ZenoTOF 7600 system. Their innovative approaches highlight the potential of SWATH DIA to enhance the detection and analysis of chemical exposures and metabolites, paving the way for new insights into environmental health and disease mechanisms.
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